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Who? I'm tempted to say those working in the NHS, particularly in Administrative roles.Survival rates from strokes and heart attacks are probably very good if you have one between say 9am and 4 pm on a week day. If you have one Friday evening, you might as well call for your priest (or cleric of choice), because the chance of real treatment, allowing for all the drunks in A&E, is infinitesimal (to use an acceptable word). No expert will be available until Monday morning, neither will there be anyone available to give scans and the like.

Dear Grumble,Thanks for sharing this. The BMA passed a motion that stated: "That this Meeting deplores the government’s use of misleading and inaccurate information to denigrate the NHS, and to justify the Health and Social Care Bill reforms ..."I've followed this up by looking at those areas where the NHS excels on the international stage here: http://abetternhs.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/the-nhs-excellence-and-efficiency/

We should thank you, abetternhs, for your excellent post which I spotted a few moments ago.

There is, of course, a reason why this government, like the previous government, keeps denigrating the NHS in this way. Unfortunately a few naive souls believe what they are being told about how bad the NHS is but I think the majority of the public realise that they are getting good value for money from their health service and, as you have pointed out, compared with other countries we are very satisfied with our system of healthcare.

It upsets me to see the government trying to mislead the public so that they can get away with forcing the NHS down a neoliberal path which most of us simply don't want.